Scott Aaronson has a nice post about the differences between gravity and electromagnetism. It seems his thoughts were running along the same lines as yours when he wrote it; he asks almost all the same questions. http://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=244
That was very interesting and relevant. Thanks.
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